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_ WELLESLEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 40 Kingsbury Street • Wellesley • Massachusetts 02481 781-446-6210 Dr. DAVID F. LUSSIER Superintendent of Schools Dr. JOAN DABROWSKI CYNTHIA MAHR Assistant Superintendent, Teaching and Learning Assistant Superintendent, Finance and Operations LORI V. CIMENO, Director of Student Services KATHLEEN F. DOOLEY, Director of Technology To: Dr. David Lussier From: Dr. Joan Dabrowski Date: May 3, 2019 Re: Wellesley High Schools, Annual Update on Standardized Assessments We are pleased to share the most recent data from several standardized assessments that our WHS students complete. Jamie Chisum, Dana Plunkett, and I will lead this presentation. We will share participation and achievement data from the following exams: PSAT, SAT, Pre-ACT, ACT and Advanced Placement (APs). As you will learn in this presentation, the overwhelming narrative for most students in Wellesley is positive. At the same time, the data prompts us to consider areas for further analysis and improvement in order to ensure that all of our students can access these exams and courses, and score well on them. Specifically, we continue to work on narrowing the achievement gap that persists both in the areas of participation and achievement. Finally, as part of our next steps, we will share our current thinking on the need to widen our assessment lens. While we recognize the importance of our traditional measures of academic success, we are cognizant that they can be narrow views of student performance. We are committed to finding additional ways for students to show us what they know and understand – and that we measure these experiences. To that end, we will offer examples of where and how we are integrating 21 st century assessments that push for critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, communication, and social/emotional wellness. We look forward to your feedback and question

Wellesley High School (WHS) Annual Assessment Presentation Dr. Joan Dabrowski, Assistant Superintendent for Teaching & Learning Dr. Jamie Chisum, WHS Principal Dana Plunkett, WHS Director of Guidance May 7, 2019

Presentation Overview • Review Assessments • PSAT • SAT • ACT • Advanced Placement (AP) • Consider Next Steps • Answer Questions 2

WHS Demographic Percentages Class of 2018 400 Total Students ● 49% Boys ● 51% Girls ● 13% Asian ● 7% Black ● 5% Hispanic ● 5% Multiracial ● 70% White 3

WHS Class of 2018: SAT & ACT Participation 400 Total Students Only SAT = 14 Only ACT = 91 Both SAT & ACT = 289 4

PSAT Results 5

Wellesley High School 11 th Grade PSAT Mean Scores Year Reading Math Writing 2013-2014 56 57 54 2014-2015 56 58 54 2015-2016 57 58 54 2016-2017 56 58 54 2017-2018 58 57 N/A 2018-2019 57 56 N/A 6

SAT/ACT Overview SAT (3 hours 50 minutes) 200 - 800 200 - 800 optional Writing & Math Math Reading Essay Language (No Calc) (Calc) (65 min) (50 min) (25 min) (55 min) (35 min) ACT (3 hours 35 minutes) 1 - 36 1 - 36 1 - 36 1 - 36 optional English Math (Calc) Reading Science Writing (45 min) (60 min) (35 min) (35 min) (40 min) 7

SAT/ACT Continued More challenging Require deep understanding SAT Questions Narrower focus of skills More time per question Straightforward Require instant recognition ACT Questions Broader scope of skills Require constant, rapid pace 8

SAT Overall Results 9

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SAT Scores 2017 - 2018 School Year District Comparisons District Reading Math Lexington 645 674 Natick 584 590 Needham 618 624 Newton 622 636 2nd 3rd Wayland 629 645 Wellesley 630 642 Weston 623 639 Westwood 591 609 Winchester 617 637 12

SAT Subgroup Results 13

WHS % Participation in at least one SAT Administration : 2014-2018 by Race/Ethnicity Black/African American & Hispanic/Latino 14

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ACT Overall Results 16

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AP Results 20

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2018 WHS % of Advanced Placement Scores 3+ by Subject •English Language Arts (ELA) – 100% •Languages – 100% •Social Sciences – 85% •Math & Computer Science – 94% •Science & Technology – 96% 23

Next Step: Attend to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Issues • Access & Achievement Support • Continue METCO SAT Prep Class • Engage in Course Selection Conversations (WMS → WHS) • Maximize Support in the Academic Resource Center (ARC) • Cultural Proficiency (CP) • Continue/Expand CP Professional Development for Educators • Diversity, Equity & Leadership Council (DELC) • One Wellesley • IDEAS Course • Primary Source Course • Continue/Expand CP Opportunities for Students • Young Ethnic Scholars (YES) • Grade 9 Step-Up Experience • World History Course 24

Next Step: Embrace a Wider View of Assessments • Continue to Support Evolutions • Interdisciplinary • Experiential • Project-Based • Capstones • Refine and Continue End-of-year Finals Experience • Align Assessments with Profile of a Graduate Competencies 25

Questions? 26